Attachment for tobacco pipes



J. C. MONMONIER. ATTACHMENT FOR TOBACCO PI'PES.

APPLICATION FILED MAIL-18, 192T.

Patented July 25, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT c erics.

ATTACHMENT FOR TOBACCO PIPES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1922.

Application filed March 18, 1921. Serial No. 453,249.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH CARROLL MON- MONIER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for TobaccoPipes, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention has relation to tobacco pipe attachments and has for itsobject the provision. of means for preventing a tobacco pipe "from beingclogged or stopped up by the accumulation of a mass or plug of moist oroily tobacco, ashes, etc. that forms at the bottom of the bowl while thepipe is being smoked and which tends to interfere with or totallyprevent the passage of smoke to the stem of the pipe.

A further object of my invention is to provide means for readily andelfectively removing the plug or mass of tobacco, ashes, etc. thatremains at the bottom of the bowl of a tobacco pipe after the pipe hasbeen smoked, thereby clearing and cleaning the bowl and leaving it readyto be refilled.

In carrying my invention into efiect, I form from a single piece of wirea coiled, substantially oval-shaped body with laterally projectingspring ends, the convolutions of the coil being slightly separated andthe article thus formed. being adapted to be placed within and at thebottom of the bowl of a tobacco pipe and constituting in eitect a grateor grid which, while permitting of free passage of smoke from the bowlinto the stem, will effectively prevent burnt and unburnt tobacco andother material from lodging and packing in the bottom of the bowl. overand in the bore of the stem and clogging or stopping up the same.

The attachment, in addition to acting as a grate or grid to prevent theformation of a plug or mass of obstructive matter at the bottom of thebowl in such position as to clog or stop up the entrance to the bore ofthe stem, constitutes an effective means for the removal of such plug ormass after the pipe has been smoked. by pulling the attachment out ofthe bowl,- which operation can be conveniently accomplished by the aidof a bent wire or small hook.

In the accompanying drawing, in which I have illustrated my invention:

Fig. 1, is a side elevation on an enlarged scale of the attachment.

Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the attachment, showing it in properposition in a pipe, the latter being shown in dotted lines.

A single piece of spring wire 1, is coiled as shown to substantiallyoval form and the ends of the wire at the termination of the coils arebent upwardly and slightly outward so as to form spring fingers 2, 2,which, when the article is inserted in the bowl of a pipe, as shown inFig. 2, bear against the wall of the bore at opposite sides thereof andserve to retain the attachment in position in the bore and preventaccidental displacement of the attachment.

The several coils of the attachment are slightly separated as shown soas to permit of the free passage of smoke, but are sufficiently closetogether to prevent the passage of material that would form a plug ormass over or in the bore of the stem and particularly when the materialis in the usual moist or oily condition which it as sumes after smokinghas been proceeded with for a short time.

The article shown in Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale constitutes the entireattachment and it will be seen that it is of simple form and inexpensivematerial. and can obviously be made at a trifling cost.

In putting the article into use it is placed within and at the bottom ofthe bowl of a pipe in the position shown in Fig. 2, its oval formcausing it to fit snugly against the concave bottom of the bore of thebowl and extend over the inner end of the bore of the stem and preventany lodgement of tobacco etc. over or in the bore of the stem.

The spring fingers 2, 2, of the attachment bear against the oppositesides of the bore of the bowl. and serve to maintain the at tachment inproper position at the bottom of the bowl, even when the pipe is turnedover and tapped on the hand or on a solid body to remove the ashes, asis customary with smokers.

In order to thoroughly clean the pipe and remove all the material thatmay have accumulated on and over the attachment, it is only necessary topull the attachment out of the bowl, which can easily be done with theaid of a small hook or bent piece of wire, and this removal of theattachment will draw out of the bowl whatever tobacco. ashes. etc. mayhave accumulated upon and over the attachment and leave the pipe in aclean and sanitary condition.

After the pipe has been cleaned as described, the grate or grid isreplaced in the bowl, leaving the pipe ready for recharging at anysubsequent time. o V

The substantially oval form of the grate or grid causes it to conformcloselyto the concave bottom of the bore of the bowl and prevents thetobacco, ashes, etc; from getting under the grate or grid and against orinto the bore of the stem and the spaces between the coils of the grateor grid provide :tor :lree passage of smoke from the burning tobacco toand through the stem and permit of the tobacco being rammed down andpacked in the bowl in a manner favored by smokers, but which would beconducive to clogging or stopping of the passage of smoke bowl cavity.

JOSEPH CARROLL MONMONIER.

